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150+ organisations call for a more ambitious budget for culture in AgoraEU

CAE joins a coalition of 150+ cultural organisations, networks, and institutions from across Europe in calling on EU policymakers to ensure a stronger budget for the Culture strand in AgoraEU.

Culture is being erased from EU research and innovation funding. How do we save it?

A coalition of cultural networks started the ‘Name, Place, Fund’ campaign to secure the presence of culture for research, innovation and competitiveness in the 2028-2034 budget.

Culture in National & Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs)

Learn about National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs) in the next long-term EU budget, why they matters, and what action(s) can be taken to ensure a strong cultural presence in national plans.

A Sector Contribution to the Work Plan for Culture 2027–2030

Ahead of the next EU Work Plan for Culture, Culture Action Europe has developed a set of recommendations for the Council of the EU, shaped by discussions from the BEYOND Satellites 2026.

Reading between the strands: AgoraEU after Parliament and Council

Culture Action Europe calls for an AgoraEU that covers all cultural and creative sectors fairly, protects the cross-sectoral nature of European cultural cooperation, and provides more ambitious funding for culture as a whole.

What could the EU Artists' Charter look like?

Over the past five months CAE's action group on working conditions, co-facilitated by Platform ACCT, wrote our contribution to the forthcoming official document of the Commission, the EU Artists’ Charter, that we expect mid-2027. Read it here →

On a sunny day, a large group of people in light summer clothes stand spread out across a grassy courtyard, most with their backs to the camera. They face a long red-brick building with a row of tall arched windows. Young trees and a large dark-leaved tree frame the scene.
A black-and-white photograph shows a diverse group of people walking down a paved, cobblestone European street or pedestrian walkway lined with trees and buildings. Some individuals are talking and smiling, and a person in the background holds up a light-colored flag. A stylized, bright pink geometric butterfly graphic is overlaid on the right side of the image, contrasting with the monochrome scene.
Close-up photo with a red monochrome duotone filter showing a hand placing a small paper note labeled "EMPATHY" onto a worksheet during a group exercise, likely a values-mapping or workshop activity. The visible worksheet reads "mapping" with instructions about grouping similar values together, and a circular sticker labeled "Values" is visible in the bottom right. A pair of glasses rests on the table in the blurred background.
Title slide: 'A sector contribution to the work plan for culture 2027–2030,' with the Culture Action Europe logo and a black-and-white illustration of flowers, roots, and insects.
Abstract, glowing ring of light with radiating orange, blue, and yellow streaks against a black background.
Graphic with a pink background and an orange square in the top left reading "Ask, Pay, Trust." Large black text on the right reads "Towards the EU Artists' Charter: A Sector Blueprint."

During the first day of the European Culture Forum more than 200 cultural operators mobilised in the square in front of the venue to show their support to the campaign as well as the proposed tax on financial transactions for increased solidarity, participation and citizenship – for arts and culture – we are more, act for culture in Europe!

This July 28-30th, the Baltic Sea Culture Center and Kultura Miejska Association organized an international we are more conference in Sopot, Poland. The conference, organized in partnership with Culture Action Europe, was part of the culture programme during the Polish EU Presidency. The conference gathered more than 100 cultural operators and policy-makers for intense debates on the next round of … Continued

PRESS RELEASE 06092011 ‘WE ARE MORE’ CAMPAIGN CALLS ON MINISTERS FOR CULTURE TO SUPPORT PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NEW ‘CREATIVE EUROPE’ PROGRAMME The we are more campaign calls on the EU Ministers for Culture to use the Informal Ministers’ Meeting in Wroclaw on September 9th to support the 37% budget increase that the Commission recently proposed … Continued

On the 25th of May, Culture Action Europe’s Secretary General Mrs Ilona Kish presented the we are more campaign to the Culture and Education Committee of the European Parliament. During the presentation, Ilona Kish highlighted the more than 10.000 signatures that have now been collected for the campaign manifesto. The Chair of the Committee, Mrs … Continued